Rustic land in Spain, municipality by municipality › Ourense
Castrelo do Val
Ourense · Galicia · 122 km²
What rustic land in Castrelo do Val allows and holds, for the municipality as a whole. For a particular plot, open it in the map: the report answers for that exact point.
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Can you build a house on rustic land?
Galicia allows a new house on rustic land only when a farm needs it. Otherwise it has to go in a village, or restore a building.
Ley 2/2016, arts. 35 y 39. A town plan can be stricter.
Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2009. The region's planning viewer ↗
The national urban information system (SIU) maps the land class for 100% of the municipality.
Only the town hall can confirm it, in writing: ask for a certificado urbanístico.
Is there water?
No well or borehole is recorded in Castrelo do Val. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers.
Ground: 94% practically impermeable; 5.9% porous aquifer, high productivity.
Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.
What to watch for
- 6 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 25,628 ha in all, the latest in 2025.
- No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
- Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.
Living here
- 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 30%. Averages for the municipality.
- Rain: 1,088 mm a year (1971–2000), about 977 by 2041–2070.
- Summer highs: 25.5 °C, about 29.3 °C by 2041–2070.
- Frost days: 60 a year, about 39 by 2041–2070.
Around it
O Riós · Laza · Vilariño de Conso · A Gudiña · Vilardevós · Monterrei · Verín
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From IGME, MITECO, SNCZI, EFFIS, the SIU, the Building Code, NCSE-02, SETID and AdapteCCa; summarised 9 October 2026. Information, not a certificate: the town hall has the final word.